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well-understood

British  

adjective

  1. widely or sufficiently understood or comprehended

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"This is a novel idea in planetary science, inspired by a well-understood idea in Earth science," said Austin Green, lead author and postdoctoral researcher at Virginia Tech.

From Science Daily

As customers “derive value from well-understood business cases, they’ll continue to invest in more innovation as we pour on the R&D,” McDermott said.

From MarketWatch

One already well-understood source of glare is drivers retrofitting their vehicles, replacing old halogen bulbs with LEDs.

From BBC

At the very least, if Kennedy is so convinced that the effects mRNA vaccines are not sufficiently well-understood, the solution is more research, not less.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, lysine is found in all sorts of organisms, and the way it's catabolized is pretty well-understood in animals.

From Salon